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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook - Great naval blunders, Andre Deutsch, 2012
... Marine accidents - History...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Marine accidents - History Naval art and science - History Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? ...Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic?Ill, p.271non-fictionWho was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic?marine accidents - history, naval art and science - history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - A'BECKETT CHAMBERS, c.1969
... Inscriptions: in image - 'A'Beckett Chambers', 'Dennys Lascelles Ltd', 'Queensland Insurance Company Ltd, Fire, Marine, Accident'. On back 'MP376', 'UI591', 'NT'. History: James Lerk 12/11/1999 'A'Beckett Chamber, Bull St., Bendigo 1969....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BUILDINGS Commercial a'beckett chambers Black and white photograph. Cream backing cardboard. Double storey building, with 'A'Beckett Chambers' on façade. Inscriptions: in image - 'A'Beckett Chambers', 'Dennys Lascelles Ltd', 'Queensland Insurance Company Ltd, Fire, Marine, Accident'. ...Black and white photograph. Cream backing cardboard. Double storey building, with 'A'Beckett Chambers' on façade. Inscriptions: in image - 'A'Beckett Chambers', 'Dennys Lascelles Ltd', 'Queensland Insurance Company Ltd, Fire, Marine, Accident'. On back 'MP376', 'UI591', 'NT'. History: James Lerk 12/11/1999 'A'Beckett Chamber, Bull St., Bendigo 1969.buildings, commercial, a'beckett chambers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - TEMPERANCE HALL, 1972
... History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields PLACE Building commercial Building Temperance Hall, View St, Bendigo with five cars at front, windows at top with signs. Signs on windows: 'Chief Agent/Union/Insurance Society of Canton Ltd' 'Marine Accident ...Building Temperance Hall, View St, Bendigo with five cars at front, windows at top with signs. Signs on windows: 'Chief Agent/Union/Insurance Society of Canton Ltd' 'Marine Accident' 'Auditor/Tax Agent' 'District office/Transport & General/Insurance/Company'place, building, commercial -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageEquipment - EPIRB Transmitter
... marine products including communications. The company no longer makes products with the “Lokata” brand. In 2001 Sartech Engineering Ltd. took over the support for the Lokata EPIRB beacons. This emergency location device is a late 20th century invention to help save lives at sea. It adds to the history of maritime life, its risks, the lives lost as sea, and the many inventions aimed as rescuing and saving lives. The local area is notorious for the number of lives lost through shipwreck. It also carries stories of heroic efforts to save lives, and other inventions to help reduce the chance of accidents ...This distress EPIRB unit (Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon) was found on the beach at Levy's Point, Warrnambool, in December 2000 by a Warrnambool resident. Local police were alerted at the time. This distress signal unit is a world-wide COSPAS/SARSAT, satellite assisted, SAR (Search and Rescue) system for location of distress transmissions emitted by an EPIRB. Offshore cruising vessels must have such a unit as part of its essential safety equipment. This model EPIRB relies on four satellites with orbit times of approximately 100 minutes. Earlier units relied solely on aircraft flying overhead to detect and forward on the EPIRB’s location to Search And Rescue authorities, whereas this new system utilises satellites. An employee from the Lokata firm provided additional information about the Lokata EPIRB units. They had a machined aluminium case with labels that were also made on site. The units could be activated manually or automatically released when a magnetic switch in the case casing was activated. This later model, circa 1983, would have been mounted externally on a vessel's bulkhead in a spring-loaded, stainless-steel protective 'skeleton' mounting, The unit released when the water pressure sensor detected a set time it was under the water, in a similar way that life crafts were released. Each unit was registered to a particular vessel - the vessel's details on this unit are indecipherable. The Lokata Company was established in 1970, designing and manufacturing marine products including communications. The company no longer makes products with the “Lokata” brand. In 2001 Sartech Engineering Ltd. took over the support for the Lokata EPIRB beacons. This emergency location device is a late 20th century invention to help save lives at sea. It adds to the history of maritime life, its risks, the lives lost as sea, and the many inventions aimed as rescuing and saving lives. The local area is notorious for the number of lives lost through shipwreck. It also carries stories of heroic efforts to save lives, and other inventions to help reduce the chance of accidents at sea.EPIRB unit; “Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon”. A distress communication unit for sending a distress location transmission in an emergency at sea. The EPIRB is a yellow, rectangular box with dials, buttons, indicator lights and instruction. An antenna protrudes from the top of the unit. The EPIRB unit sends a 406P (X) EPIRB, with 406M-Hz frequency, 48-hour duration signal. The maker was LOKATA Ltd in England. Remnants of a white label remain on the side. Circa 1980s."NAME OF VESSEL 'SERVICE IF SELF TEST FAILS' " “LO-KATA” moulded into the body. "406P (X) EPIRB" “Model 406” "Lokata Type No 92408" "UK Type approved to MPT 1278" "Class 2" "Made by Lokata Ltd, Falmouth Cornwall England TR10 8AE"" "LOKATE LTD. New North Road Hainault, Ilford Essex IG6 2UR" "ARMED / SAFE / TRANSMIT / CODE / DISPLAY / SET / wait / pass / fail / TEST" "IDENTIFIER / 1349:24034234N" [some characters may be different] "COUNTRY / DENMARK" "VESSEL IDENTITY / 124 [the rest is indecipherable]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, emergency position indicating radio beacon, epirb, lokata ltd, marine safety equipment, satellite transmitting beacon, safety equipment, distress signal, life saving, safety at sea, shipwreck location, lo-kata, falmouth, emergency, beacon, radio signal, communication, marine equipment -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionAdministrative record - Administrative record - receipt Nation Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand Limited Accident Department, 12/01/1920
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Renewal receipt, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand Limited, Accident Department, Portland Agency to Committee of Portland Free Public Library and Museum. ...Renewal receipt, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand Limited, Accident Department, Portland Agency to Committee of Portland Free Public Library and Museum. Printed form, white paper, blue company details, completed in purple type. Workers' compensation Policy no A/23814 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionAdministrative record - Administrative record - Interim receipt, accident department, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand, 28/01/1915
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Interim receipt, accident department, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand, printed form, completed in black ink. ...Interim receipt, accident department, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand, printed form, completed in black ink. Workers' Compensation policy, Committee of Management, Portland Free Public Library and Museum -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionFinancial record - Receipt - renewal of insurance for Portland Free Library and Museum, 14/01/1921
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Portland Free Library and Museum insurance Renewal receipt, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand Limited Accident Department, Portland Agency, to committee of the Portland Free Public Library and Museum. ...Renewal receipt, National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand Limited Accident Department, Portland Agency, to committee of the Portland Free Public Library and Museum. Printed form, white paper, blue company details, completed in purple type. workers' compensation policy A/23814portland free library and museum, insurance -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - water police search and rescue boat, Lakes Post Newspaper, 8/01/1992 12:00:00 AM
... Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland water police search and rescue boat and searchers for Gavin Page who's body was found on thirteenth January accident occurred on Seventh January Gippsland Lakes Victoria Police Social History Gippsland Lakes Black and white photograph of water police search and rescue boat and searchers for Gavin Page who's body was found on thirteenth January accident occurred on Seventh January Gippsland Lakes Victoria water police search and rescue boat Photograph water police search and rescue boat Lakes Post Newspaper ...water police search and rescue boat and searchers for Gavin Page who's body was found on thirteenth January accident occurred on Seventh January Gippsland Lakes VictoriaBlack and white photograph of water police search and rescue boat and searchers for Gavin Page who's body was found on thirteenth January accident occurred on Seventh January Gippsland Lakes Victoriapolice, social history, gippsland lakes
